A Year in Monchique 2 – Women of substance – January 2019
People can often have patterns in their lives, and one of my life patterns is that I’ve always been drawn to strong women. I’m not just talking about the iconic
A Year in Monchique 2 – Last Christmas – December 2018
When people ask how I discovered Portugal, I always reply the same way: “I didn’t; my parents did.” Joe and Alice discovered Portugal decades ago and visited countless times, from
A Year in Monchique 2 – Changing environments – November 2018
An inescapable truth is that, as we grow older, we change physically. But perhaps as we navigate through those years, we also change, to some degree, who we are. As
A Year in Monchique 2 – Mirrored meetings – October 2018
When my father would call me at work, and I was unavailable because I was in a meeting, he would often later remark “You must spend half your life in
A Year in Monchique 2 – You stupid boy! – September 2018
Having made it through the wildfire, I woke up feeling surprisingly optimistic. In the quiet of the night, I had decided to press on with my new life. What is
A Year in Monchique 2 – Wildest dreams, wildest nightmares – August 2018
Inevitably, there are moments in all our lives when important events occur. We could probably place these into two categories. The first ones are internal. I love the phrase ‘You
A Year in Monchique 2 – First impressions – July 2018
I believe the first days of living in a new country set the scene for what will come. Rather like first impressions when you meet another person, they stick with
A Year in Monchique 2 – A lifetime in the making – June 2018
Whenever I meet new people, I always ask them why they moved to Portugal. Every story is just so fascinating and unique. I wonder what your story is and whether